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_{November 2021}
_{Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos}
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_{January 2022
Rules Expansion Gift Set
(includes Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Universe)}

_{March 2022
Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep
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_{2 Classic Settings}

_{2022 or Beyond}

_{2 Brand New Settings}

_{Another Classic Setting}

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_{Revised Core Rulebooks
(D&D 50th anniversary)}

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Worlds of Design: The Rules of Magic

Nov 26

Hard magic systems have clear rules about how they work; they are predictable. Soft magic has no clear “system” and tends to lack any kind of connection between one spell and another—more or less...

When Squid Games Meet Role-Playing Games

Nov 19

The dystopian Korean series Squid Game is popular on Netflix, building on a genre of survival horror involving contests of skill. Thanks to the lethal nature of the contest, it can easily be...

RPG Print News – Modiphius, Dapper Fish Designs, Horseshark, and More

Nov 17

This week includes a boxed DMless D&D adventure as well as a book of encounters. Modiphius has a special Dune rulebook and support for Conan. There are RPGs about the supernatural American...

RPG Crowdfunding News – CY_BORG, The Barbarian's Bloody Quest, Advanced Lovers and Lesbians, and more

Nov 17

This week I look at RPG crowdfunding projects that end between November 23rd and December 3rd. It is that time of year when many projects are quickstarters and the new projects are fewer and...

Dragon Reflections #51

Nov 11

Dragon Publishing released Dragon issue 51 in July 1981. It is 100 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have rules for paladins, the winged folk race, and lots of Traveller!

RPG Print News – Necrotic Gnome, Columbia Games, and More

Nov 10

This week is good for tieflings, goblins, and punks. D&D has a supplement with new rules, tieflings, and reprinted character sheets and Old-School Essentials also gets a supplement with new rules...

RPG Crowdfunding News – Mothership, Mother of Monsters, Battlelords, and more

Nov 10

This week, I review Kickstarters and quickstarts that end between November 14th through December 2nd. While there’s plenty of fantasy and 5e, this week sees a nice uptick in sci-fi RPGs including...

Mimics, An Unnecessary Work: A Needless Interview With Philip Reed

Nov 09

The dastardly Philip Reed is creating new tabletop RPG content. Again. This crime… er, time, he’s creating Mimics, An Unnecessary Work. This Kickstarter will fund foldable pocket maps “designed as...

RPG Print News – Cubicle 7, Troll Lord, Gaming Paper, and More

Nov 03

D&D has dragons and adventures, and Castles & Crusades has options for GMs, about gods, and valuable materials PCs can find. Soulbound gets a monster book and DCC RPG gets a reprint of a run of...

Game Wizards: An In-Depth Review

Nov 01

Jon Peterson's thorough retelling of the origins of Dungeons & Dragons is less about the game and more about the two men who helped create it: Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Their fraught...

RPG Print News – Cubicle 7, Kobold Press, Exalted Funeral, and More

Oct 27

Lots of D&D, fantasy, and sci-fi RPG options this week. The Southlands is an entire campaign setting for D&D with support for both the DM and the players. There are brand new spells on spell...

RPG Print News – Goodman, Legendary, CMON, Son of Oak, and More

Oct 20

So much d20 fantasy this week including a new world and kingdom event cards for D&D, spell cards for Pathfinder, and Lankhmar and adventures for DCC/MCC RPG. Also, Stargate SG-1 RPG is out and...

Free RPG Day 2021 – What’s On Offer?

Oct 14

Free RPG Day 2021 happens on Saturday, October 16. Pushed back from its normal June date due to the pandemic; nevertheless, this year offers an excellent assortment of tabletop RPG options for new...

RPG Print News – Catalyst, Ulisses Spiele, Riot Mind, and More

Oct 13

Fantasy gets an infusion of books this week and a couple of sci-fi options make the list. A lot of third party D&D options: a magical library, magical tattoos, a heavy metal adventure path, a book...

RPG Crowdfunding News - The Practical Guide to Becoming a Great GM, The Lazy DM's Companion, and more

Oct 06

This week, I look at content that ends between October 10th and the 28th. I’m turning this one in early due to travel to Origins Game Fair so it, like all of the articles, is just a sampling of...

RPG Crowdfunding News – Into the Odd, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, and More

Sep 29

This week, I look at RPG crowdfunding projects ending between October 1st and 21st. Among the many options available, I look at two Alan Bahr related projects, one that Free League is elevating, a...

Dragon Reflections #50

Sep 23

Dragon Publishing released Dragon issue 50 in June 1981. It is 80 pages long and has a cover price of $3.00. In this issue, we have the International Dungeon Design Contest winner, powerful new...

RPG Print News – Cubicle 7, Arc Dream Publishing, and More

Sep 15

This week in fantasy sees Drizz’t minis for D&D, an adventure and supplement for Warhammer and Symbaroum, and the race of moon elves. Alien has a marine book, Star Trek has dice, and the Starship...

RPG Crowdfunding News – Quest-O-Nomicon, Gravemire, Tomb of Immolation, and more

Sep 15

This week, I look at a sampling of the available RPG crowdfunding projects that end between September 23rd to October 31st. In the article, there are some strong 5e offerings, Mothership...

Down We Go | Infinite Edition – An Interview With Tony Vasinda (Plus One Exp)

Sep 14

When Kickstarter’s ZineQuest 2021 was rolling, Tony Vasinda shared my RPG zine on his show. I was elated and picked up a quote from him for my project. When he announced his new project, Down We...